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8 teams in NL · 321 regular-season games · 1879-05-01 to 1879-09-30

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Pennant

Providence Grays

Standings

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Providence Grays	59	25	.702	—	355		George Wright	Pennant
2	Boston Red Caps	54	30	.643	5	348		Harry Wright
3	Buffalo Bisons	46	32	.590	10	365		John Clapp
4	Chicago White Stockings	46	33	.582	10.5	411		Cap Anson, Silver Flint
5	Cincinnati Reds	43	37	.537	14	464		Deacon White, Cal McVey
6	Cleveland Blues	27	55	.329	31	461		Jim McCormick
7	Syracuse Stars	22	48	.314	30	462		Mike Dorgan, Bill Holbert, Jimmy Macullar
8	Troy Trojans	19	56	.253	35.5	543		Horace Phillips, Bob Ferguson

Leaders

NL

HR

1. 9Charley Jones
2. 6John O'Rourke
3. 4Dan Brouthers

RBI

1. 62John O'Rourke
2. 62Charley Jones
3. 57Buttercup Dickerson

AVG

1. .357Paul Hines
2. .348Jim O'Rourke
3. .348King Kelly

W

1. 47John Ward
2. 43Will White
3. 43Tommy Bond

ERA

1. 1.96Tommy Bond
2. 1.99Will White
3. 2.15John Ward

SO

1. 239John Ward
2. 232Will White
3. 197Jim McCormick

SV

1. 1John Ward
2. 1Bobby Mathews
3. 0Will White